CA38 Project
080312: USS San Francisco (CA-38) in 1/350 by Trumpeter. Initial step is mounting base and pedestals. (Turned brass lamp shade risers from Lowe's, mounted into epoxied 1/4"-28 nuts)
080412: CA-38; Hull Assembly & seam treatment
080419: CA-38; Secured deck, opened hawsepipes, removed molded chains, opened mooring chocks, replaced mooring bitts on fo'c'sle.
080419 CA-38 - Replacement anchor chain
080419: CA-38 Hull Assembly & seam treatment
080419: CA-38 with her younger sisters (Combrig, Trumpeter kits in 1/700)
090406 CA-38 turned brass, delivered via WEM's SST.
090406 CA-38 turned brass, delivered via WEM's SST.
090910: CA-38; building acrylic case.
121008: CA-38; Installing running gear (yes, that was a 3-year hiatus!)
121008: CA-38; Installing running gear. Secured with MEK (solvent) and faired with CA (Superglue)
121008; CA-38; Struts are not quite streamlined - re-work required
121008: CA-38 Struts after shaping with #11 blade and sanding sticks (toothpick is temporary handle)
121008: CA-38 Struts after shaping with #11 blade and sanding sticks (toothpick is temporary handle)
121017: CA-38; Building a jig for barrel installation and alignment. This will be critical for installing turned brass barrel replacements.
121017: CA-38; Jig for barrel installation and alignment. (Misaligned parts are a pet peeve o' mine!)
121029: CA-38; Next: cut off the barrels, sand the stubs, and center drill the blast bags to receive the brass barrels.
121029: CA-38 Brass barrels installation.
121029: CA-38 Brass barrels installation. Note near-perfect barrel alignment.
160402: CA-38 Hangar sides installation and fairing.
160402: CA-38; Not sure I'm in love with the appearance of the stained wood deck.
160402: CA-38 Initial base coat of Lifecolor acrylic 5-O (to represent faded 5-N of MS 21).
160403: Trying a deck stain with a thin wash of Gunship Grey (on circular cutout).
160403: Trying a deck stain with a thin wash of Gunship Grey (on circular cutout).
160416: CA-38 Masking the boot topping.
160416: CA-38 Masking the boot topping.
160416: CA-38 Masking the Hull bottom. Red is rattlecan red-brown primer.
160416: Boot topping doesn't look right (not deep enough)
160418: Fixed the boot topping with an additional 2mm black. Much better.
160418: Bottom paint complete.
160428: CA-38; First railings.
160429: CA-38; First railings and AA weapons demo.
160503: CA-38; Mass production jig for replacement Carly floats. Wire is Pb/Sn solder.
160503: CA-38; Painting all the floats. Paint doesn;t stick well to lead/tin solder. :-\
160504: CA-38; Replacing the too-short splinter shields on 03 level aft.
160512: CA-38 Boat deck splinter shields installed.
160512: CA-38 Boat deck splinter shields installed.
160513: CA-38 Boat deck splinter shields installed and primed.
160505: CA-38 Carly float options. I like the weave, although should properly be painted hull color.
160509: CA-38 Prop guards
160513: CA-38 Prop guards painted.
160516: CA-38; Slight dimensional mismatch with wood deck veneer. Fixed with a simple cut abreast of leadsman's platform.
160516: CA-38; Wood deck installation.
160516: CA-38; Out in the sun with her new wood deck.
160516: CA-38; Out in the sun with her new wood deck.
160516: CA-38; Out in the sun with her new wood deck.
160816: CA-38 PE for searchlight platforms. I goofed up the one on the right by trying to do it in one piece.
160827: CA-38 PE for Searchlight tower.
160827: CA-38 trial rigging on funnel.
160831: CA-38 Funnel baffles cut from .005" styrene (I messed up the PE for this).
160827: CA-38 PE for boat deck and Aft Fire Control
160827: CA-38 PE for boat deck and other progress. Note trial rigging on funnel.
1608317: CA-38 Progress. 20mm replaced with 3D printed units from 3DModelParts.com
160831: CA-38 Progress: searchlight tower.
160902: CA-38 Funnel rigging with invisible sewing thread run through a black sharpie.
160902: CA-38 Funnel rigging with invisible sewing thread run through a black sharpie.
160906: CA-38 20mm and 1.1" replacement with 3D printed parts from 3DModelParts.com.
160906: CA-38 20mm and 1.1" replacement with 3D printed parts from 3DModelParts.com.
160907: CA-38 Screws. Paint is rattlecan Gold.
160907: Mooring line reels, with cotton thread manila line.
160912: More superstructure detail.
160912: CA-38 Fo'c'sle running gear striker plates.
160912: CA-38 Fo'c'sle running gear striker plates.
160917 Rigging the foremast. Note the brass staple to secure the mast, and the PE ladder used to tie off the signal halyards.
160917 Rigging the foremast. Signal halyards are 20 den Caenis under tension from a small weight.
160919: CA-38 SOC-3s with PE struts, props.
160919: CA-38 SOC-3s with PE struts, props.
160924: B&A Crane assembly and rigging.
160924: CA-38 Mainmast assembly.
160926: CA-38 with flagbags rigged with 20dn Caenis.
160926: CA-38 gets her identity.
160928: CA38 progress. Note funnel rigging temp secured with poster putty.
161016: CA38 whaleboats. Re-did attachment to include eye bolts and rope falls.
161017: CA38 progress. STBD Utility boat is on a PE skid with sprue stabilizers (drilled into hull).
161017: CA38 progress. Note suspended whaleboats. Falls were passed through drilled hole in the davits then secured with white glue and touched up.
161017: CA38 progress. STBD Utility boat is on a PE skid with sprue stabilizers (drilled into hull).
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USS San Francisco (CA-38) in 1/350 scale from Trumpeter kit.
Depicted as deployed for Guadalcanal campaign c. 1942.
Gold MM PE Set,
Master Model 8" barrels,
1.1" quads and 20mm from 3DModelParts.com.
Hull and verticals are Lifecolor acrylic 5-O (to represent faded 5-N of MS 21)
Steel deck surfaces are MM Acryl Gunship Grey (FS36118)
Hull is rattlecan red-brown primer.
